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Genesis — Chapter 16

Hagar and Ishmael

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Read Genesis Chapter 16 in Biblical Hebrew alongside the King James Version (KJV) — 16 verses. Hagar and Ishmael. Original Hebrew text with vowel points (nikud) and full English translation.

וְשָׂרַי אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם לֹא יָלְדָה לוֹ

KJVNow Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar.

וַתֹּאמֶר שָׂרַי אֶל אַבְרָם הִנֵּה נָא עֲצָרַנִי יְהוָה מִלֶּדֶת

KJVAnd Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

And Sarai said to Abram, "Behold now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children by her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

וַתִּקַּח שָׂרַי אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם אֶת הָגָר הַמִּצְרִית שִׁפְחָתָהּ

KJVAnd Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife.

וַיָּבֹא אֶל הָגָר וַתַּהַר

KJVAnd he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress.

וַתֹּאמֶר שָׂרַי אֶל אַבְרָם חֲמָסִי עָלֶיךָ

KJVAnd Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

And Sarai said to Abram, "May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt."

וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָם אֶל שָׂרַי הִנֵּה שִׁפְחָתֵךְ בְּיָדֵךְ

KJVBut Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your servant is in your power; do to her as you please." Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her.

וַיִּמְצָאָהּ מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה עַל עֵין הַמַּיִם בַּמִּדְבָּר

KJVAnd the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.

וַיֹּאמַר הָגָר שִׁפְחַת שָׂרַי אֵי מִזֶּה בָאת

KJVAnd he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

And he said, "Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai."

וַיֹּאמֶר לָהּ מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה שׁוּבִי אֶל גְּבִרְתֵּךְ

KJVAnd the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

The angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her."

וַיֹּאמֶר לָהּ מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה הַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה אֶת זַרְעֵךְ

KJVAnd the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

The angel of the LORD also said to her, "I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude."

וַיֹּאמֶר לָהּ מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה הִנָּךְ הָרָה וְיֹלַדְתְּ בֵּן וְקָרָאת שְׁמוֹ יִשְׁמָעֵאל

KJVAnd the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

And the angel of the LORD said to her, "Behold, you are pregnant and shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has listened to your affliction."

וְהוּא יִהְיֶה פֶּרֶא אָדָם יָדוֹ בַכֹּל וְיַד כֹּל בּוֹ

KJVAnd he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

He shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.

וַתִּקְרָא שֵׁם יְהוָה הַדֹּבֵר אֵלֶיהָ אַתָּה אֵל רֳאִי

KJVAnd she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?

So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "You are a God of seeing," for she said, "Truly here I have seen him who looks after me."

עַל כֵּן קָרָא לַבְּאֵר בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי

KJVWherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.

וַתֵּלֶד הָגָר לְאַבְרָם בֵּן

KJVAnd Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

וְאַבְרָם בֶּן שְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה וְשֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים בְּלֶדֶת הָגָר אֶת יִשְׁמָעֵאל לְאַבְרָם

KJVAnd Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.

Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.